Stephens said that Assange had repeatedly offered to answer questions about the investigation, "to no avail."

Mark Stephens has represented the Jewish owned Express newspapers.

"Mark Stephens advised CNN, Express Newspapers and Fashion TV Russia, and successfully represented author Salman Rushdie." (Legal 500 Clients’ Guide to the UK Legal Profession 2009) Is Mark Stephens a friend of Israel?"Mark Stephens of Finer, Stephens, Innocent has threatened Derek Summerfield, the doctor who has been tirelessly campaigning against the complicity of the Israeli Medical Association and its President, Yoram Blachar, in the torture of Palestinians, with a libel suit if he doesn’t shut up...